The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[prizepete]

not right now... might post some later on

 

[prizepete]

Soooo.... I think one of the chicks that we are keeping is a rooster, So I am breeding chickens, i guess, any suggestions.

 

[bamadude]

Dropped this egg earlier... I peeled back shell and lookie! I think the yolk may be broke though . But it's still cool to see it move and stuff. I hope its okay to keep it in the incubator...

Ideas?

Great stuff expandable hole filler in the can (for large gaps)? Thats a nasty gash. Nail polish wont help.

 

[LadyHawkeAvry]

Dropped this egg earlier... I peeled back shell and lookie! I think the yolk may be broke though . But it's still cool to see it move and stuff. I hope its okay to keep it in the incubator...

Ideas?

Many years ago, when I was getting my second degree I did research on the development of chicken embryos. I would fenestrate the eggs just like that so the embryos could be observed as they grow. I would seal the holes with para film, which I melted on with a soldering iron. I would try doing the same with a square of wax paper. If you seal it off completely, all the moisture will stay in and the chick can survive with care (I ended up with some lovely RIR pullets when some hatched out in the incubator) I would not expect it to survive if it spent much time in the incubator exposed like that though - it will dry out pretty fast.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Many years ago, when I was getting my second degree I did research on the development of chicken embryos. I would fenestrate the eggs just like that so the embryos could be observed as they grow. I would seal the holes with para film, which I melted on with a soldering iron. I would try doing the same with a square of wax paper. If you seal it off completely, all the moisture will stay in and the chick can survive with care (I ended up with some lovely RIR pullets when some hatched out in the incubator) I would not expect it to survive if it spent much time in the incubator exposed like that though - it will dry out pretty fast.

Wouldn't it be invaded by bacteria as well? I mean the conservative hatchers warn about handling eggs to much and bacteria and such, I would think that would be way worse than any handling.

 

[bamadude]

I will eat its first poop if it hatches

 

[hockeydad6791]

I will eat its first poop if it hatches

I'm thinking that you just wanna eat poo. J/K he said that before and got lucky we will see.......

 

[bamadude]

I'm thinking that you just wanna eat poo. J/K he said that before and got lucky we will see.......

Where have u been? Long time no see.

 

[hockeydad6791]

Anyone have a dozen blue fertile eggs to sell? I so want to hatch and have some blue eggs in my egg basket

 

[hockeydad6791]

Where have u been? Long time no see.

Been here and watching from the sidelines